Forum: Brakes – Wheels – Tyres

Coming home last night I hit what I believe to be a 'lip' on the road left by roadworkers excavating the road. It's fucked the back wheel pretty severely (on both sides too). Who in the Auckland area can repair this kinda thing?.. If it hasn't damaged the entire wheel by off-setting it that...

So the front brake has developed a little pulsing grabby action when applied, mild enough but annoying - as is common enough with disc brakes. I'm sure you know what I mean... If it was the cage, I'd just say to the mech at the next service, "fix that brake willya". What would they actually...

can anyone recommend somewhere in chch to get a wheel spacer made???????? took my rear wheel off and laid out the axle, spacers etc and came back later and one of the spacers has gone. blamed the dogs and one looked guilty - so he has picked it up and spat it out somewhere. searched...

I have had Mitas E08 tyres on my Suzuki XF650 for a couple of years now. I commute Porirua to Wellington every day, all weathers. Up until Friday I would have given them an unequivocal thumbs up. I have had good wear, no frights and no flats. The bonus was that they were quite a bit cheaper than...

I'm planning on changing my brake fluid tonight, last time I did it I painstakingly tried to put the rubber diaphragm back in the reserviour without getting any air trapped under it - is this necessary? I know the fluid will absorb the water in any trapped air but is this a small enough amount to...

I have a Conti Sport Attack on the Front and a Metzler M3 on the Rear. Part way through turn 4 at Hampton downs the bike suddenly lowsides. No warning at all. Up to that point (this was the 5th session of the day) the bike has been feeling excellent. I still don't know why I ended up on my ass...

Hi I have a set of Marchesini Magnesium rims for my road R1. When I purchased them off Ebay, the auction was for aluminium, but now that they are here, I am pretty sure they are mag - no DOT stamp on them Anyway, I want to strip and paint them. Originally they are powdercoated, but I cannot...

Was thinking about converting my current set-up for my bike (clutch lever on right clip-on in reverse fashion operated by my thumb) to a system putting the clutch lever where the front brake lever is and having a purpose built lever setup for the front brake. After doing a quick search on the 'net...

Right I need some of this wire wheel lovin'. <img src="http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/photogallerys/04_Ducati_Sport.jpg" width="500" height="400"> How common is it to simply swap wheels over, resizing wheel bearings and spacers? Not very? Didn't think so. <_< What about machining the hub...

Well I have been ringing round the welly bike shops (TSS,Wellington M/C, Motomart) so far is their much point ringing any other shops for tyre prices or wil they all be about the same? Anybody recommend anyother shops doing good deals? Cheers Andy

So, maybe a dumb question but what's required to match up aftermarket M/Cs ? I've got an 09 HUsqvarna SM610 with a dinky brembo builtin reservoir, with a custom lever mount. So no aftermarket levers, no in-country stock I'm guessing, and stupid price/time to get one in if required. Apparently...

Hi all, I'm looking to replace my front tyre (110/70 R17) with a 120/70 R17. Are there any issues with this? Cheers DJ

Hey, I have been riding my mates bike a little bit lately and have been shocked at the brakes. They are damn near impossible to pull in, and I can barely even get the front of the bike to drop they are so weak. It has been checked out by a mechanic and they just said that Yamaha's have shit...

I have a gsx400 impulse that im doing up and thought i had a set of forks and a pair of rims that are off a gsxr400 but the bearings in the rims and axel bolts are smaller than an impulse rim as i have them too. the impulse wheels fit straight on my 86 gsxr400 race bike so am thinking the other...

My back break sometimes doesn't work all of a sudden.. it will work then slacks off big time when I need it. Is that normal?? I noticed when I let it sit for a while the brakes are back to normal what can I do to fix it... any suggestion?

Local shop came and picked up the Honda today because the rear tyre had a nail in it. Now, the puncture was repaired by way of a patch applied the inside rather than a plug. The tyre is just over a year old so replacement was not an option. Is the patch method the better of the two repair...

Hay guys im just doing the final tinkering on my bike before I put the fairings on and Ive hit a problem, before painting the calipers I pushed the pistons in allowing them not to get overspray on them and to make it easy to place the calipers on the rotors (keep in mind the breaks worked perfictly...

As the title says. Cheers, Paul

Which would you have?Annoyingly i had a set but flicked em off.So given a choice what would it be,Carbon BSTs or forged Carrozzerias?.

My bike is in for a service today and the eagle-eyed service guy spotted a nail in my rear tyre. Actually quite a long nail, so the pointed end had been working inside the tyre and made a big mess. So I need to buy a new tyre and it's not a common size 170/80-15 Does anyone know where the best...